South Kalimantan Police Confiscate 606 3 Kg LPG Cylinders Sold Above The Highest Retail Price

BANJARMASIN - The Regional Police of South Kalimantan confiscated as many as 606 3-kilogram LPG cylinders which were sold at a base in Banjarmasin above the Highest Retail Price (HET).

"We have named the owner with the initials T as a suspect", said Head of Sub-Directorate 1 Indagsi of the South Kalimantan Police, AKBP Ridwan Raja Dewa, in Banjarmasin, quoted by Antara, Friday, August 27.

The Adp-un of the LPG base that has been investigated has his address at Pangeran Hidayatullah Street, Benua Anyar, Banjarmasin with the business name Pangkalan Muhammad Torik.

The police initially investigated by monitoring the activities of the base, to follow up on public information.

As of Tuesday, August 24, four people who bought LPG in large quantities from the base were arrested for IDR 18,000 to IDR 20,000 per tube.

"So these four people bought LPG to resell for IDR 23,000 per cylinder", said Ridwan.

Based on this confession, the police took action against the base that was proven to have violated the HET provision of IDR 17,500 according to the Decree of the Governor of South Kalimantan.

"We confiscated 442 filled and 164 empty tubes as well as the money from the sale of IDR 1,300,000", said Ridwan, accompanied by the Head of the AKP, Elche Angelina.

Now the suspect is still undergoing examination and is being charged with Article 62 paragraph 1 in conjunction with Article 10 letter an of the Republic of Indonesia Law No. 8 of 1999 concerning Consumer Protection in conjunction with Presidential Regulation of the Republic of Indonesia Number 71 of 2015 concerning the Stipulation and Storage of Basic and Important Goods whose criminal penalties are above 5 years in prison.

Ridwan reminded business actors such as LPG bases not to try to make excessive profits and violate the law. Especially during the COVID-19 pandemic, the economic impact of small communities is getting harder.